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Twin B Archie Throttles Gold Foes

Jul 30, 2021

Twin B Archie made an impressive debut in the Gold Series at Woodbine Mohawk Park on Thursday, July 29, clocking a 1:55.3 victory in the first of three $70,533 divisions for the two-year-old trotting colts and geldings.


From Post 1, driver James MacDonald settled the fan favourite in fourth as Drinks At Home clocked a :28.1 opening quarter. Following Red Overbach past Renegade Gypsy and Drinks At Home, MacDonald allowed that colt a brief moment on the lead before Twin B Archie took command heading for the :57.1 half. Untroubled on the lead through the 1:26.3 three-quarters, Twin B Archie opened up a seven and one-half length margin on his peers down the stretch to secure his first lifetime win after runner-up efforts in the Grassroots and Millard Farms Series. Drinks At Home finished second and Red Overbach was third.


“I was a little worried when he moved him to the front because he’s never been any good training on the front, so I was kind of impressed with him today,” said trainer Scott McEneny. “He looks like he could be hopefully a contender here for the year if we can keep him sound and keep him sane.”


The Puslinch resident shares ownership of Twin B Archie with Domenic Chiaravalle of Hamilton, Floyd Marshall of Jarvis and Martwest Racing Stable of Mississauga, ON. The partners offered up $52,000 for the Archangel gelding at last fall’s Black Book Yearling Sale and he has been a bit of a project since Day 1.


“He’s a big dummy. They had problems when they brought him in before they sold him, that’s why he was gelded before he even went through the sale. He just gets scared and does stupid things,” said McEneny. “Walking to the paddock one day in the snow he heard somebody kicking the walker and he darted sideways and dragged me for like 20 feet on the ground.


“He’s come a long way. I always thought he had the ability, he just never kind of showed it, he was always lazy, but I figured as soon as he got behind the gate he’d wake up,” the trainer added. “He’s just done everything that I thought he would do.”


The second division saw Esplosione earn his second straight Gold Series win with an off-the-pace effort for driver Trevor Henry. Also starting from Post 1, the Kadabra gelding watched from fourth as fan favourite Luca Hanover reeled off a :27.4 quarter, :58.1 half and 1:28.1 three-quarters. When Henry opened the throttle in the stretch Esplosione powered away to a three and one-quarter length victory in 1:57.4. Mr Fritter finished second and Luca Hanover settled for third.


“He does it really easy, like Trevor the last two weeks he hasn’t had to pull the plugs or anything. He’s just very professional, when he comes off cover he just wants to go forward,” said trainer Meg Crone. “And he’s really smart, which helps a lot with a two-year-old trotter.”

Crone trains Esplosione for owner-breeder Melvin Hartman of Ottawa, ON and trainer Richard “Nifty” Norman’s Enzed Racing Stable Inc. of Allentown, NJ. A 1:58.2 winner in the July 8 Gold Series season opener, the gelding prepped for Thursday’s leg in a well-attended schooler at Woodbine Mohawk Park last week.


“There was no race for him so we had to end up schooling him last week and it was funny, almost every horse in his race was in his schooler because they were in the same boat,” said Crone, who may resort to the same strategy before the third Gold Series event on Aug. 19 at Woodbine Mohawk Park. “This was his fourth start and we’ll try to get one more, but we don’t want to have too many because we’ll probably try the Grand Circuit races with him.”


The last $70,534 division saw favourites Duly Resolved and driver Paul MacDonell pick up their second Gold win with a front end effort from Post 7 that saw them log fractions of :28.2, :58.1 and 1:27.4 on the way to a four and one-half length victory in 1:56. HP Maestro finished second and Century Isaiah completed the top three.


“I still get nervous, but I was impressed tonight. I mean truthfully it’s hard to get a read on him because he’s fairly laid back and so you’re saying, ‘Geez, has he got any more or not?’” said trainer John Bax. “I mean last time was 1:57 and you’re thinking, ‘Was he all out in 1:57?’ And then he goes out there in 1:56 tonight and he looks like he’s just loafing. We’re tickled.”


Bax Stable of Campbellville, Don Allensen of Wyoming, Gaelic Stable of Sharon, ON and David Hudson of Dallas, TX share ownership on the gelding, who is three for three with earnings of $93,067 in his young career.


Ontario Sires Stakes action returns to the Campbellville oval next Friday, Aug. 6 with the third Gold Series Leg for the three-year-old trotting fillies.

18 Sep, 2023
With a fresh driver in the seat, there was no stopping Twin B Tuffenuff in the St. Peters Volunteer Fire Department Pace on a rescheduled Monday (Sept. 18) evening card at Red Shores Racetrack and Casino at the Charlottetown Driving Park. The program was originally scheduled for Saturday evening but was rescheduled due to Hurricane Lee hitting the region on the weekend. The move in dates conflicted with travel schedules for Twin B Tuffenuff’s regular driver Gilles Barrieau, but with top Atlantic Canadian reinsman Corey MacPherson not originally scheduled to drive on the night as he was committed to stakes races in Cape Breton on Saturday, it left the Cornwall, P.E.I. driver available to pick up the majority of Barrieau’s mounts. One of those drives was in the $3,800 Preferred Pace with Twin B Tuffenuff and MacPherson took advance as he pointed the favourite to the lead and never looked back through splits of :28.1, :57, 1:25.2 and 1:52.2 by open lengths. Stash It Away (Ken Murphy) was in hot pursuit in second ahead of Century Invictus (Jason Hughes). Ron Matheson trains the winning pacer for owner Pat Morris of Charlottetown. The David Dowling barn was strong on the evening with two wins including in the $3,500 Fillies and Mares Preferred Pace with Tobins Brownie in 1:54.4. Middleton Terror was another Dowling winner as he stopped the clock in 1:56.3 in race three. Trainer-driver Hughes made a pair of trips to the winner’s circle from his Charlottetown barn. ‘The Blue Knight’ steered Tobins Barn Party to a 1:59.4 maiden-breaking score in race two then came back later in the card to win with Spicey P in 1:56.1. Ken Murphy had three winners on the night as he steered his father Clifford Murphy’s trainees The Mad Dragon (1:56.4) and Redwhiteandboots (1:57.3) to victory along with the Gary Poulton trained Zaidans Luck in a 1:57.2 mile. Live racing continues Tuesday, Sept. 19 at 6 p.m. at Red Shores Summerside featuring a leg of the Fox Group Island Trot Challenge.
11 Sep, 2023
Twin B Joe Fresh is harness racing’s newest MILLIONAIRE!! We couldn’t be more proud of this filly, who stormed home in a wicked 24.3 final quarter to win her KYSS Championship Series event for Chris Ryder, Dexter Dunn & connection, pushing her earnings to $1,019,439. Congratulations to everyone involved in this special filly.  Twin B Joe Fresh engaged in a vicious battle with nemesis Strong Poison for a 1:49.1 triumph in an $80,000 division of the Kentucky Championship Series for three-year-old pacing fillies on Sunday (Sept. 10) at The Red Mile, collecting her fifth consecutive win and becoming the sport’s newest millionaire. Hambletonian victor Tactical Approach rebounded off a second-place finish in his last appearance in the series for sophomore male trotters with a 1:51.2 victory. Defending Kentucky champion Twin B Joe Fresh (Dexter Dunn) engaged in another tremendous battle in the lane to defeat familiar foe Strong Poison (Yannick Gingras) by three-quarters of a length. The daughter of Roll With Joe-Fresh Breeze has not lost since a second-place finish to Dan Patch and O’Brien Award winner Sylvia Hanover in the $169,000 Mistletoe Shalee at The Meadowlands on July 15. Charleston (Tim Tetrick) assumed command as the mile commenced from post position three while Dunn and his filly settled in fourth from post position two. Strong Poison also allowed Charleston to lead the field of six through splits of :27.4, :56.2 and 1:24 before the battle was on. Charleston remained in front by a head in the drive for the wire, but Twin B Joe Fresh and Strong Poison were in hot pursuit. Despite throwing down a :25.2 final quarter fraction, Charleston could not hold off the sizzling :24.3 and :24.4 advances of Twin B Joe Fresh and Strong Poison, respectively. Twin B Joe Fresh reigned supreme, scoring the victory in 1:49.1. Strong Poison, after a courageous mile of her own, was relegated to second. Charleston paced a strong mile to be third. Bred by Brittany Farms, the filly is co-owned by Dunn, along with her trainer, Chris Ryder, in addition to Peter Trebotica and Barry Spak. Twin B Joe Fresh now sports a resume of 20-15-3-1 and has earned $1,019,439 in purse money. She is the first foal out of an unraced dam, Fresh Breeze, and was a $65,000 purchase as a yearling at the 2021 Standardbred Horse Sale. Twin B Joe Fresh paid $2.28 to win. Be sure to have her Bettors Delight brother, hip #155 Twin B Euchre, on your shopping list in Harrisburg this fall.
01 Sep, 2023
Twin B Sunkissed with back to back wins for Team Burke, also making it 3 wins in her last 4 starts!! Congrats to all involved!
19 Aug, 2023
Wilkes-Barre, PA — Twin B Joe Fresh picked up her third win in a row, capturing Saturday’s (Aug. 19) $250,000 James M. Lynch Memorial for 3-year-old female pacers by two lengths over Charleston in 1:49.4 at Pocono Downs at Mohegan Pennsylvania. Sweet Amira finished third in the race, which saw co-favorite Sylvia Hanover go off stride on the final turn as her 13-race victory streak came to an end. Twin B Joe Fresh, who shared 4-5 odds with Sylvia Hanover, and driver Dexter Dunn went to the front from post four and reached the opening quarter in :27.2. Sylvia Hanover, who was fourth, launched a first-over bid with five-eighths of a mile to go and pulled even with Twin B Joe Fresh as the pair raced down the backstretch following a half in :56.2. The battle continued into the final turn, but Sylvia Hanover’s miscue left Twin B Joe Fresh alone on the front. Shawn Steacy, who trains Sylvia Hanover with his father, Mark, said the horse touched a knee in the last turn, which he believes led to her making the break. Twin B Joe Fresh fended off Charleston from there for her fifth triumph in eight races this season. “We had a good draw and we wanted to use it,” Dunn said. “She’s such a versatile filly. You can get her out of the gate, and she will do whatever you want her to do. We did get a good breather (in the second quarter). She came back to me nicely. “Obviously, we had Sylvia bearing down our back down the backstretch. I guess it was a little lucky for us she made a break, but my filly was still traveling great at the time. She’s a powerful girl and she knows her job. It’s a great win for her and the team.” Twin B Joe Fresh is a daughter of Roll With Joe-Fresh Breeze owned by trainer Chris Ryder, Dunn, Peter Trebotica, and Barry Spak. The Brittany Farms-bred filly has won 13 of 18 career races and earned $911,748. “It’s always different when you own them, especially with Chris and Pete and the team,” Dunn said. “It’s very special.” The victory was Ryder’s third in the Lynch. He won in 2019 with Stonebridge Soul and in 2013 with I Luv The Nitelife. Twin B Joe Fresh paid $3.80 to win. Front Page Story won the $125,000 Lynch Consolation I in 1:50.2. High Fashion Star finished second and Racin Hungry was third. Front Page Story was driven by Tim Tetrick for trainer Mark Steacy and owner Hudson Standardbred Stable. The White Birch Farm-bred daughter of Captaintreacherous-Wenditions has won three of 11 races this year and three of 19 lifetime, banking $144,492. The winner of the $75,000 Lynch Consolation II was Mollop Hanover in 1:51.1. Lisa Lane was second and Treacherous Penny third. The Hanover Shoe Farms-bred daughter of Betting Line-Mayhem Seelster was driven by James MacDonald for trainer Anthony Beaton and owners West Wins Stable, Dumain Haven Farm, and Eric Good. Unraced at age 2, Mollop Hanover has won six of 10 starts and earned $74,850. WATCH FOR TWIN B JOE FRESH'S HALF BROTHER Twin B Euchre SELLING IN THE BLACK BOOK SALE THIS FALL.
08 Aug, 2023
Don’t miss out on her Bettors Delight brother selling in Harrisburg this fall!!
07 Aug, 2023
Charging hard at the end of the mile, Twin B Tuffenuff powered up to win the Monday (Aug. 7) evening Preferred Pace on a rescheduled program at Red Shores Racetrack and Casino at the Charlottetown Driving Park. In the $3,800 Preferred Pace, race favourite Bee Two Bee (Jason Hughes) rushed off the gate to secure the lead and held down front-end splits of :27, :55.1 and 1:23.1. Twin B Tuffenuff sat third for the majority of the mile and angled out up the backside to get around pocket-sitter YS Mathis (Corey MacPherson) then duck into the two-hole behind Bee Two Bee. Barrieau then powered up in the stretch drive to win in 1:51.2 at 10-1 odds in preparation for the upcoming trials of the $100,000 Gold Cup and Saucer, presented by Atlantic Lottery. Bee Two Bee was second while Roll Em (Marc Campbell) closed up to finish third. Ron Matheson trains Twin B Tuffenuff for owner Patrick Morris of Charlottetown. On the heels of hitting the 3,000 career-win mark in New Brunswick last week, Marc Campbell returned to his home track and scored a driving triple on the evening. Campbell clicked with Chikaboom (1:54.4) from his own barn as well as the Melissa Rennie-trained pair of Rose Run Quest (1:53.4) and Revenant (1:53.4). Trainer Earl Watts doubled out of Windemere Farms in Springvale, P.E.I., as Starship Glyde (David Dowling) won the opener in 1:56.4 then Fern Hill Hero scored a 22-1 upset in race three in line to Patrick Shepherd. Live harness racing continues Tuesday (Aug. 8) evening at Red Shores Summerside.
01 Aug, 2023
The body content of your post goes here. To edit this text, click on it and delete this default text and start typing your own or paste your own from a different source. Twin B Empress (2yo Always B Miki - Twin B Exquisite filly) is coming home a winner in her first lifetime start, pacing to victory in 1:54 tonight at Mohawk. Huge congrats to Team Benn & all connections!!
28 Jul, 2023
Twin B Fling (2yo Six Pack - Affair Hall filly) gets her maiden breaking score in her 2nd lifetime start, winning in 1:58.2 at Mohawk last night! Big thanks to Francis Dumouchel & team for getting her here for us. You won’t want to miss her International Moni sister selling in Harrisburg this fall!!
24 Jul, 2023
Twin B Joe Fresh wins her NYSS division today in 1:50.1 at Tioga Downs! Congratulations to all connectionsThe body content of your post goes here. To edit this text, click on it and delete this default text and start typing your own or paste your own from a different source.
23 Jul, 2023
Congratulations to Ron & Regina Coyne and all connections on their win with Twin B Allure (3yo Lazarus N - Ab Fab filly) tonight at Yonkers! Be sure to check our her Captain Crunch sister in Harrisburg this fall!
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